Reply With QuoteBut if next year we're all hobos living in boxes boiling shoe leather, where will we find power outlets to plug in our computers and play Grimoire?
Gee, Mr. Blakemore, sir, I sure am glad to see that you've chosen to spend your last weeks on pre-Armageddon Earth in a constructive manner. I trust that irradiated clockwork biological automaton gamers worldwide looking for a Wizardry clone by a certified genius will be downloading this thing by the thousands the second it's released, in hopes of savoring all of its golden-age gameplay before their fingers fall off.Originally Posted by Cleve Blakemore, on the Grimoire website,
This beautiful and intriguing character [above] is The Entity. He's an interdimensional traveler who wanders the multiverse seeking dramatic situations to document and observe. He is drawn to our quest in Grimoire because of the possibilities for conflict and he is capable of helping us in spite of himself in several places in the game. I wrote the dialogue and background story for this character back in 1996 as part of the overall scenario for the game. I created him in Poser in 30 minutes last night and animated him with about 8 frames. He turned out terrific and pretty much exactly as I imagined him. It's so nice to see the game I envisioned coming together ... albeit six years late and still rife with delays.
And even if most of them are vaporized in the The Cleansing, you can rest easy knowing that a few weeks afterward, once the half-life has decayed and people emerge yawning and stretching from their shelters, an anthropologist will unearth a copy of Grimoire from the ashes and rubble, put it into his solar-powered laptop, and sit in stunned silence as the distilled profundity of your genius washes over him. As the beautiful and intriguing countenance of The Entity parades before his eyes in all of its 8-frame glory, this man will surely weep with joy and humility. For he will have tasted the true and total weight of your contribution to world of mortals.
Hats off! You've done the human race proud in your swiftly diminishing time on this planet.
But if next year we're all hobos living in boxes boiling shoe leather, where will we find power outlets to plug in our computers and play Grimoire?
I just want to know if part of The Entity's eight frames of animation involve dancing. Because I just can't get enough of animated dancing babies and I think that would be a great addition to Grimoire.
-Tom
My God. It's full of crap.
This beautiful and intriguing character [above] is The Entity.
My Cleve! I'd never even thought of that. He's taking cues from the two greatest cultural influences of the 20th Century, Wizardry and Ally McBeal! Now I begin to understand the true implications of an IQ of 183.
Yeah someone who has a baby fetish.
What the hell is this all about? Who is this guy and why did he make a golden, big headed baby?
Sir: I must advise caution -- indeed, I would recommend total aversion -- but if you really wish to know, I direct you to Herr Blakemore's most recent work on this board. It's a long and arduous read; you may want to bring along a pint or two of water to stay hydrated.
Looks like Cleve blatantly copied OUR beautiful and intriguing character, The Ooga Chicky:
And yes, that is Tom's face on the (admittedly deformed) baby. But, like all babies, it just looks like Winston Churchill.
Oh sweet Lord.
Good lord, I'm going to have nightmares about that thing. :shock:
Reminds me of Basket Case.
BWAAA-HAHAHA!! :lol: :lol:
Sparky, what would we do without you?
Wasn't there a movie in the 80's about a devil baby?Reminds me of Basket Case.
Edit: Found it - http://us.imdb.com/Title?0071675
"Dead Alive" as far as I remember. 'I kick-ass for the LAWD!'Wasn't there a movie in the 80's about a devil baby?Reminds me of Basket Case.
Will that atrocity be in TCFH?
B..bbut...you don't find him beautiful and intriguing? I think he turned out terrific and pretty much exactly as I imagined him, except for the huge goiter where I messed up a bunch of polys reattaching his huge head. You see, The OogaChicky is an interdimensional traveler who wanders the Qt3 forums seeking dramatic situations to document and observe. He is drawn to Derek Smart threads because of the possibilities for conflict and he is capable of helping us in spite of himself. He also wears a cute French Beret of Quickling which allows him a +3 dexterity bonus!
Oh. Crazy dude. Why didn't ya just say so :wink:
LOL sparky. You do work for Mcbeal?
Well, we'd all be able to sleep at night, for one thing. That OogaChicky thing gives me the creeps.
I can't believe that there's been no hype for Cleve's upcoming "Return to Vee Kloros" shooter. In 3 weeks, the Greatest Programmer on Earth has his first game going gold since... um, I guess ever... and where is the feverish anticipation?
Oh sure, some televitz subhumans might say that he's missed about a dozen release dates on Grimoire, but come on. Cleve has an IQ that reaches ungodly heights! NO WAY does this game get delayed! Grimoire and another RPG (which will kick Fallout's butt) go gold before the end of the year, too. Check the release dates, you effete liberals.
This is why anyone developing a game should just be quiet.
If you put your personal views out into the world and especially if they are somewhat (majorly?) inflammatory you aren't going to be selling many games.
Derek Smart ought to be familiar with this situation.
Try and alias Cleve, it works wonders.
Look, Mr. Sid Meier, if you don't have the guts to post under your real name, keep it to yourself.
To me, this thread looks like an excellent example and argument for posting under an alias as well as not talking about games until they are almost ready to release.
No offense to you personally, john, but I would alter that statement only slightly, to
[...] this thread looks like an excellent example and argument for posting under an alias as well as not talking about games until they are almost ready to release, if you are a soulless, narrow-minded, narcissistic asshole.
[size=2]It's kind of like saying "in bed" at the end of a fortune cookie fortune when you read it out loud.[/size]
Hey Jason, do you and Cleve have a past history that we could dredge up and re-kindle. What's the deal? It would be nice to have a little drama around here as everyone gets along so nicely.
Why is Cleve not commenting about his own game? This would be a perfect oppurtunity to calm the waters and score points with the press. Unless our Cleve is not the real Cleve.
For those unfamilair with the Blakemore saga, a bit of Google News searching will learn ya wonders. This isn't like, say, bitching at Brian Reynolds for a bug in Rise of Nations... Cleve is one of those outspoken guys who seems to invite and enjoy a bit of online conflict. Where Derek can be reactionary, Cleve's Usenet posts in days past have sometimes tended towards the antagonistic or at least "sparring." (It was Cleve who first informed me of Steve B's horrible socialist tendencies, for instance.)
That said, though, over the past month or two (and perhaps even coinciding with the appearance of Derek's stalker), many Quarter to Three posts have really taken a turn toward the snide and nasty, with topics like the "who's the biggest loser on QT3" and so on.
Can we not turn this place into Usenet, kids?
I said the same thing last week, and was immediately called a clueless newcomer by several board vets who say things are the same as they ever were. Good to see that someone else recognizes the changes here lately.
I did not really believe there was or wanted to get shit started between Lutes and the Clevinator. Jason seems to be harping on Cleve's idiocy quite a bit in this thread and I was wondering what might have put the bee in his bonnet. Why bring his nuttiness to light at all?
Peace and love all around.
No past history. I used to come across his posts on Usenet before figuring out how to filter stuff. I just couldn't bear the onanistic bombast any longer. Not that I'm not guilty of it myself. :cry:
Whether or not the tone on Qt3 has changed in the past little while, I've certainly done my part to feed the recent fires, and it doesn't exactly make me feel any better. Anyway, I think I will refrain from further Cleveing and/or Koontzing.
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